The following Awards were presented at the Awards Ceremony
on the Saturday evening following the conclusion of the pool events at the
Championships.(In order of presentation.)

SAMS Open Water Club Trophy
(Donated by Anton Harrop-Allin)Awarded to the SAMS Club scoring the most points in
the 3Km and the 1Km events at the SAMS Open Water Championships. Points
scored in the 3Km event are double those scored in the 1Km event.
Presented
to the previous year's Open Water Club Champions.Coelacanth MSC
- 355
pts2nd: Wahoo MSC - 233 pts
3rd: Free State MSC - 163 pts

SAMS Short Course Championships Club TrophyAwarded to the SAMS Club scoring the most points in
the SAMS Short Course Championships for the current season.Cape Town MSC
- 1200
pts2nd: Coelacanth MSC - 832 pts3rd: East Coast MSC - 799 pts

Lillian Parrington Trophy
(Oldest Swimmer) (Donated by
Heather Campbell and John Keyter)Awarded to the
Oldest SAMS Swimmer at the SAMS Long
Course Championships.Kascha Kloos - 90
(Cape Town MSC)

Colin Cable Award
(Age & Endurance) (Donated by
Western Province Masters Swimming and Lynda Gower)Awarded to the SAMS Male or Female Swimmer at
the SAMS Long Course Championships, who is 60 (Masters) years or over, swam 6 events,
and scored the highest, with the events being scored on a scale of
endurance. In the event of a tie, the oldest swimmer will receive the award.Tricia Rix (Cape Town MSC) ( A score of 32 )

Barnetson Trophy
(Most Improved Swimmer) (Donated by Tiny
Barnetson)Awarded to the SAMS Male or Female Swimmer who shows the greatest % improvement in time for any
one event at the SAMS Long Course Championships. Times are measured against the
swimmer's recorded time for
the same event at the SAMS Long Course Championships of the previous year.
Any swimmer who qualifies for this award but feels that their improvement was
due to a below par performance in the previous year as a result of illness or
for any other reason is encouraged to not accept this award so that it can be
awarded to the next qualifying swimmer.Ted Beukes (Coelacanth MSC)( 16.73% improvement
in the 85-89 50m Freestyle )

Peter Pirow Cup (Best
Performance 400m IM) (Donated by the Pirow
family)Awarded to the SAMS Male or Female Swimmer with the
best time in the 400m Individual Medley at the SAMS Long Course Championships, measured (%)
against the world record.Jean Degenaar (Cape Town
MSC)( 14.20% over the World
Record
in the 55-59 400m IM )

Best
Performance - Female (Donated by Allen
Morrison)Awarded to the SAMS Female Swimmer with the best
time at the SAMS Long Course Championships, measured (%) against the world
record.
Elzanne Werth (Phoenix MSC)( 0.29% under the World
Record in the 25-29 50m Butterfly )

Best
Performance - Male (Donated by Allen
Morrison)Awarded to the SAMS Male Swimmer with the best time
at the SAMS Long Course Championships, measured (%) against the world record.
Calvin Maughan (Cape Town MSC)( 2.66% over the World Record in the 50-54 50m
Freestyle )

Victrix Ludorum (Top Female Swimmer) (Donated by Errol Stern)Awarded to the SAMS Female Swimmer who scores the most individual points
at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
If there is a tie, then the trophy is awarded to the tied swimmer with the
lowest average percentage difference between the swimmer's time and the
world record for all the swimmer's individual events.
Di Coetzee (Cape Town MSC)( Maximum 72 points scored and an average of 8.13%
over the World
Record
in her 6 events )

Victor Ludorum
(Top Male Swimmer) (Donated by Errol Stern)Awarded to the SAMS Male Swimmer who scores the
most individual points at the SAMS Long Course Championships. If there is a
tie, then the trophy is awarded to the tied swimmer with the lowest average
percentage difference between the swimmer's time and the world record for all
the swimmer's individual events.Gary Albertyn (Coelacanth MSC)( Maximum
72 points scored and an average of 9.71% over the World
Record
in his 6 events )

Joe Hillstrom Trophy
(Most New Swimmers) (Donated by Joe
Hillstrom)Awarded to the SAMS Club that has the most swimmers competing
in their first SAMS Long Course Championships.
Coelacanth MSC - 40

Spirit Bowl
(Club Spirit) (Donated by Louise
Pallet and the late Jill Fahrenheim)Awarded to the SAMS Club best promoting the spirit
of Masters Swimming at the SAMS Long Course Championships.
Cape Town MSC

South African Masters Swimming Club Handicap Trophy
(Top Club - Points/Swimmer)Awarded to the
SAMS Club scoring the most points
per entered swimmer at the SAMS Long Course Championships. Individual and
relay points count. For this award there is a prescribed minimum of 8
entered swimmers per Club. Clubs with less than 8 entered swimmers have their total
points divided by 8.Cape Town MSC - 54.64 pts per entered swimmer2nd: East Coast MSC - 52.08 pts per entered swimmer 3rd:
Aquabear SC - Masters - 46.38 pts per entered swimmer